ACCIDENT A 47-year-old man and his 16-year-old daughter were killed Monday evening on the tracks of Donchery station, in the Ardennes. They couldn’t avoid a freight train
There is no underground to access the tracks at Donchery. It was on the tracks that the father and his daughter were killed. — Wikicommons
Freight train honked; to many times Monday evening when arriving at Donchery station, in the Ardennes. Its driver had certainly seen two pedestrians in the middle of the road and was trying to activate the alarm system. In vain: a father and his daughter were fatally struck around 7 p.m., reports the daily L’Ardennais.
The 47-year-old father had come to pick up the 16-year-old teenager from ; the descent of his TER between Charleville-Mézières and Sedan. Then the two, residents of the town, had to cross the tracks to leave the place, which has no underground passage. Other passengers succeeded in doing so. time, before the tragedy.
An investigation was carried out. open and traffic interrupted until this Tuesday morning.